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Comprehensive Review of lit larit
ant Happenings of III r. Week
Culled I'rum lb Telesjrmpb C.I.MH
The revolution tu Colombia In spread
ing throughout the republic.
Benjamin Northrup, wetl-knowu
newspaper meu, of New Yuik city, t
Thfl pi nt of t!w M, Louis Chronicle,
.... St. L nV. .. denied I'T fire.
v mj.owj; . 'r'w.::
TW loss to railroad by tloi recent
iiivsil in Mississippi Mill amount to
inr Una Ji.OOt'.O.H).
Plague it Mill rite iu Mauila, a foul
breeding place having twn dicoverd
iu the heart of the oily.
Hev. Charlea Iteecher, brother of tht
late II wiry Ward lWoher, died at
Ueorton, Mat., ga 84 year.
Effort tt ttamp out the pWue la
$ydmy, Antralia, have uot been tuiv
cessful. The epidcmio It tpreading.
Hush flro are raginii iu Mauitoba
and advioo from Winupg state that
600 rnout are iu danger of loniug
tneir Uvea.
Five men were killed at lialntaln,
AoiitraliH, by being precipitated to the
bottom of au 1,800-loot perpeudloular
thait of a nuue.
A ttrane tale of crime hat cotne to
light in tbe case of a rich Colorado
miner, who it chaived with the mur
dor of four peraont.
Kx-Coiijirtwimian David O. Colton,
on trial at Frankfort, Ky.,for the inur
derof Lieutenant Scott and Luther
I marce ltutt Jauuary 16, hat been ao-
qi ltted.
The total receiptt of the Cuban treat-
try for the mouth of March, 1900, were
i 1.678.6S8. The reeeipta for the cof
responding mouth of 1 8i9 amounted to
f )t3,033.
- Qiuh'D YU turia reviewed the naval
and iufuutrv brigades and the boyt of
the Huyal Hiberniau military tchool at
Dublin. Two hundred thonnand people
wUnuiwed the review.
At Atchison, Kan., a reader of cheap
novelt wan given 18 yean in the peni
tentinry for arson. He tet fire to i
house in order to play the part of a hero
by mmiing tle family.
Civil government for Puerto Rloo
wilt be loaajjuruted May 1.
The election in LoulMttna reeulted la
, a iweepiiiK viru iy ior the Democrat.
iri .Dii-.T i AiHiianutan warnt
J'tigmu I oi f.ut..un gKfe.SHluu on In
dia.-
Harry F. Allen, defaulting clerk of
Denver count treasurer t omoe, wat
""TStWstraTirTinrT" runcitco.
""""Canada will repeal the alien lalior
law which wat aimed at American
miners iu the Atlin ihatrict.
Great battles have taken place be
tween Kovermuent troops and rebelt la
the United Statet of Colomba.
Thirteen jhthouh were drowned by
the capizinj of a boat while crotMing
tbe Khiue, near Hin;fU, Germany.
Work on the dam at Croton Land
ing, X. Y., has been resumed, nuder
the protection of the state troops.
Lord Roberta sharply criticises the
ability of General Holler and Warren.
London papers maintain there is noth
ing left for Buller but to resign.
Orders have beeu given to turn tbe
trans rtn Tartar and Westminster
over to their owners. The ttovernuient
has no longer any neel for their serv
ices. The will of a woman who died in
Topeka, Kat., recently, bequeaths the
greater part of a fortune of ('J50.000
for the founding of the University of
Topeka.
Harry B. Wandell, city editor ol the
St. Louis (i lobe-Democrat, and hit
lister, have fallen heir to an estate in
the Canary islands, valued at from
110,000,000 to $20,000,000.
The Hultun of Turkey for the third
time announces hit intention to in
crease duties 3 per cent. The powert
will anilrims another note to the port
stating tlieir objections to such an in
crease. A party of three scientists have
tailed from Jjan Francisco to explore
tha iii:ku6wn portion-of Northeastern
riitieria. One object of their trip will
be to determine whether or not the
Amoricaa Indian ia descended from
The inonntain whkh uverkxjkt tbe
town of Klappi, in iiofiemia, whoroa
landalide recently occurred, hat undur
gone a seismic disturbance which it
apreading throughout tiie entire prov
ince. The heights of the Bohemia
middle range are moving and hounet
and churches have collapsed in some
80 villages. JCailway embankment!
have been moved, stream! diverted and
roads sunk.
Colorado congressmen want a
sol-
dier's home established at Denver.
r.
John II. Reagan, the sole surviving
member of Jefferson Davis' confederate
cabinet, is writing his recollections.
John William Rey, a famous min
strel 40 years ago, is dead at his home
in North Paterson, N. J., aged 77 years.
A mummy discovered two years ago
in Egypt has now been identified in
France as that of the l'liaroah of the
Kxodiis.
Though 03. years of age Lyman E.
Pel ton, of Highgule, Vt., still prac
tices law regularly, and has just closed
the sixty -eighth year of bis professional
career.
A scarcity of labor is repotted in
northern Alabama, where new industries
are springing into being rapidly.
Wages are higher than ever before in
that locality,
Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, il
one of those who four the first car in a
train. He believes the last car the
safest in case of accidents Hnd nearly
alwaji sits there,
1 : T -
The Duke of Argyle it dead.
IMuutbori u( Chicago have gone on
I trtlt.
Turkey's reply to the l?ulted States
U uuaatiafaetory,
Boer peace commissioners1
haa liwo a (allure.
'mission
China la growing mow ami
opposed to th "opeu door."
more
Japan will take steps to stop
emigration of her ooollot to
uutry.
the
tht
laptain Deuulng, on trial before
court martial at 8an Frauelaoo, Iwi
pleaded guilty.
Clara liar too bat sailed for Kurti
for the purpoee of furthering Ilia Ked
Cruet tocietv orgauiaution,
Kruuk L. t'tmpbo hat been uonilu
ateo it tacceeii v el iter Davit, at at-
nltta.il i'reUr.v tf,.he iuterlur.
Wirttam A. 'Mart . of Moumuii, will
reU hi teat in the Itniud KW
uiU, UviPR rv". I led that it will U
wiser to retire 8 -awfully.
Vote ou the Quay cane wat taken it
the tut with result that th
l'eiiiitylvauiau teuator wat abut out by
one vote. It ttood 33 to 33.
rloodt in the South grow worse.
Traffic In lioulsiaua and MUaUsippl is
paralysed, and the crop and property
damage will amount into millions.
John Ilorton, a negro, hit wife and
tour children, were druwueil iu tht
backwatert of I'earl river, near Jack
ton, Miat., while try lug to escape from
the lloodt.
At a meeting of 1,200 Boer aympa
tliltera held iu Han Diego, Cal., reeoln
tiout were adopted e prting the hop
that the United States would seek l )
itt gool oltlcea Ut eud the war.
The treasury detriment will invet
tigate the rumors of the alleged illegal
landlug of JapaneM on the I'acttic
coatt. An inspector hat been oidered
to go to Seattle and make a eompletc
report on tbe matter.
The Sixty-ninth Regiment Veterans'
Club, of New York City, celebrated the
Sllth anniversary of their departure foi
the war, with a dinner at the Sturte
vant House. Just before the close ol
the (estivitiet, Sergeant John (ileaeou,
who hat been In the regiment for 40
years, offered a resolution offering the
services of the regiment to I'aul Kruger.
Before Introducing the resolution. Ser
geant (ileason said: "1 am willing
and prepared to go to the front with
l'aul Kruger now, although 1 hive uol
shouldered a gun for 40 years." The
retoliitiou wat adopted with tremend
ous cheering. '
Rivera, secretary of agriculture in
Cuba, will retign.
Sir Charlet Warren will be govern!
of Orange Free State.
Coal hat advanced in
first time in 10 yeart.-
Cn ton Landing. N.
considered at au end.
price for tin
Y gVlke
Alaska it ba"aV In need of lawn.
Kettlert on lauds there cannot acqum
a title.
Webster Davis, until recently assist
ant secretary of tbe iuterior, suyt he it
out of politics.
Governor Taylor, of Kentucky, de
hies that he is fleeing from the grand
jury indictment.
Massachusettt Democrat will pay
11,100 a day for their hotel accomoda
tions at Kausas City,
In an interview, General Lew Wal-
lace, former minister to Turkey, aayi
the sultan Is an nonest man.
The steamship North Star, aground
near Victoria, has been floated, Tbe
vessel was only slightly damaged.
It is reported that I'earl Harbor, Ha
waii, is worthless at a naval rendex
vout until improvements are made.
Americans captured, killed and
wounded 1,000 Filipinos hist week.
with a loss of nine killed and 10
wounded.
It is expected that &0, 000 working
men tnd women will be in line in the
May day parade which will take pluca
iu New York City,
At Madison Square Garden, New
York City, an elephant in Forepaugb
& Hells' circus was ihoked to death iu
an effort to tubdue him.
Members of the "Boxeis" society
nave massacred many ( luiiese Catho
lics near I'aro Ting Fn, in the province
of I'i Chi Li, southwest of Tien-Tsin.
A paper has been signed by all the
business men except two nf Walla
Walla agreeing to close their placet
every evening except Saturday at 0
Vclock.
Tbe capture of Cocas del Tore, and
the threatened atteck on Colon by Co
lombian revolutionists, may compel
forcible intervention by the govern-
..mrM the United Ht,r.?f i h.kw
the perfect neutrality of the Isthmus of
Panama, guaranteed by the United
States in the treaty of 181(1. j
Captain Bo! Ten, a" wealthy ""retired ,
navigator of Tacoma, committed sni- (
cide on a ranch on Fox island, blowing ,
oft hit head with a shotgun. He re
cently bought a steam launch, and the
clyinder head blew out. This affected
him so that, after brooding over it one
night, he decided to kill himself.
From Cuba 10,000,000 pineapples
will be shipped into the states tiiis
year. The fruit now reaches New York
from Havana in three days.
Judge Foster, in charging a New
York grand jury, said that they must
go to the bottom of corrnption and
could use the military if necessary.
Gov. Riohards, of Wyoming, has
called on the women of the state to
raise $4,000 to purchase a silver serv
ice for the new battleship Wyoming.
The draught that extinguishes the
mutch, increaes the fire,
When God is the abundance cf
heart the mouth speaketh aright.
the
Secretary Long favors medals
and
extra pay for gallantry in the navy.
The Porto Rican labor onions have
decided to join the national labor
bodies of the United States,
There are over 5,000 silver mines
and 1,000 goldmines in operation in
Mexico. Last year the value of these
metals exported was nearly $-10,000,
or .
UIUUUI UlllllLU 111 LULUI1
Insurgents
In
Lost 1,000
a Week.
Men
AMERICAN CASUALTIES WERE 35
tloneral IMIar't Han,) Aialn at Work
and (lave Hun allul Uitrrl.ua
lhr-lUUr right.
Sianiia, April 34. -Last week wat
tie of the bloodiest of the war sine
the first day't fighting around Manila
authentic Mort-, mostly oftlclal, show
Ing a total of 878 Filipinos killed, 1
otllceri and S44 men captured, end
many mora wounded. The number
wounded it hardly gneaaable. Cousld
tug Mwl U a-tlt.tuue uittiulj labk
hoepltal facllltret, a great majority of
th wounded will die. lrobably tbe
week'iwork flulahed 1,000 insurgeuta
The American loss wat nine killed and
IB wotuuliHi, Two sergeant! and one
private were killed in ambushes, while
escorting provlaiou trains.
The iusurgenta have ben aggreaalve
in almost every province oi l.uaou
General I'iodel l'ilar'a tiand, unmberuig
300, which was out of eight for th
mouths, the leader being reported
killed, hat reapiicarod in itt old field
about Han Mitpiel. Filar It supposed
to be tgatu In command. He gave the
American garrisoti at San Mbpiel, con
iatiug of three com panlea of the Thirty
fifth Infantry, with a Gatllng, three
hours' lighting, during a night attack
The loss of the Insurgent! in this eu
gagement is not included in the forego
lug total, at they removed their dead
and wounded, but presumably it wat
considers bio.
Twenty-two Filipinos In the province
of Sautangai attucked Lieutenant
Wande. who, with eluht men, wat
toouting near San Jose, The lieutoti
ant and five men were wounded, and
oue private wat killed.
Seigeatit Ledoulua, of the Thirty -fifth
infantry, wat badly wounded in au
ambush near Itulluag. Lieutenant
Hatnh, of the Thirty-seventh 'ufantry,
with 70 men, had a five hours' fight
with 400 insurgents in the Nueva
Caeoras district. Twenty of the in
atirvent were killed.
Coluuel Smith, of the Seventeenth
infantry, who captured General Mon
tetiegro tnd brought him to Manila, la
in the Isolation hospital, suffering (nun
mallpox. Colonel Smith'! command
captured 180 olllcere and men with
MotiteiicKro. Mouteneuro, who wat
formerly oue of the most dapper oftl
cert iu the rilipluo army, looks worn
and hifjaf V Tie aay-JialM rterrlMa
lita for months, an I he has oflered to
.- turn to (he north with Colonel mtth,
to eniliivvAr to irida hit fornnnr com
rdet of tbe ut!le!riee of vppnelng the
An.ericau-j, . '
on.tT!iltJ., eh' ;nlsii p it
otien lioiu tl. lau.r.t o ( south Lrn
have arrived at MauiU, Tbe lotur
getita hate 40 utuiw, .Kj.i ui.lljllajja!
iu that district. liec.mtiy the Fili
pinoe destroyed several nwls of the rail
roa.i line near i'utilqne, In an unsuc
cessful attempt to wreck a train.
DAMAGE BY FOREST FIRES.
I'lf.
and Frubabl7
I-Tt.s Lost
Winnipeg, Man., April 14. Kxtg
gerated report of heavy lost of life by
forest 11 res in the southeastern portion
of the province are denied. A special
train from the scene of the conllagra
tlou today brings newt that much val
uable wood and timber has been de
atroyed, but there hat been no lost of
life. Another story says:
"Fires along the southeastern region
are still raging. The entrapped spe
cial train succeeded in breaking through
the flames, and arrived this morning.
Drought In with it were several strag
gle! i, found iu a desperate condition
near Vassar. These fugitives lost
everything. All tell thrilling stories
of escape from death.
"lletiilet immense quantities of lum
ber and wood, two largo lumbering out
fits are knowu to be burned. The driv
ers and bushmeu have scattered kin all
directions, and out of 200 only about
80 are known to have reached a place
of safety. The fatalities will not tie
known until the contractors can call
the roll of their men. The total loss
is estimated at f 1,000,000."
Not Afridof Kntli.hl.aw.
Chicago, April 24. Karl Russell,
whose recent divorce in Nevada from
the Countess Russell, and marriage im
mediately afterwards to Mrs. Mollle
Cook, arrived in Chicago today, ac
companied by his bride. Tbe earl
says he will leave in a few days for
Utiulou, regardless of tlie" '"(henries of
some KnglHi lav. yeta th.it his divorce
ia not va'ld there.
tisndif rir.-d ?or' "'""""
Kagle IVs, Tex., April 24. Newe
bae reached here of tho killing if Jor
dan L. Conk, at Acutlun, Mux. Jpook
was iu charge of a railroad construc
tion gang. He wai standing in a group
of a half a down men when a bandit
rode up and fired several shots into the
crowd, killing young Cook. Ills
father, who is ex-shorifl of Maverick
county,-Texas, has taken the mutter up
with the Mexican authorities.
Mnny Cas.s ' Worthless Ch.rlcs.
Chicago, April 24 .-Tbe police say
they have 18 cases against C. O. Churl
ston, under arrest on the charge of get
ting money hota various persons on
worthless checks. He is said to be a
former member' of the Nebraska legis
lature. . J
Detroit, f April 24. Charles G.
Floisohmann, sewetary of the Trust
Security & Safe Deposit Company, of
this city, hanged himself in a ham to
day, lllnuss had unbalanced his mind.
tllft fur n llospltHl.
New Orleans, April 24. Mount
Sinai hospital today formally accepted
a donation of $200,000 to be need in
the emotion of a hospital building, the
gift of Meyer Guggenheim and his
seven sons, who desire to establish a
porpetuul memorial to Barbara Gug
genheim, the late wife and mother of
the donors.
What Is it that makes our political
world good or bad? What is it that
affects our commercial and business
life ill or favorably? It il the silent
forcei. Rev. P, C. Yorlw,
Itlell Colored MUnr Chsrftd
Murdering fear Ma,
Cbtuago, April 15. A remttkaMe
sequel to a sei lea cf alleged erli m In
th Ris ky mouutain country ha "?
to light her. Th Chicago d vvlop
meitts are told iu au iuterviuw by A t
toruey William J. Candllsh, of this
city, In explanation of notices rectilfad
by the Chicago police asking foi the
arrest of Georga 11, Wright, alia
James H, Weeks, alias C. T. Case,
alias Mr. Steyena, a native of Michigan
and a graduate of th law depurtiindtl
of th unlveraiiy of Ann Artor,
charged with murdering (our persitua,
three In Utah oua in Colorado.
Attorney Candllsh says ha beca.ne
M...t.....j i.t. j
tuiua wr riuo wmepu .m1.- ,
lived at the same Chicago hovil In
July, 1SMT, and Wright engaged hba !
to go West and gather evidence t 'V
fetid him on th charg of having " . -dered
mau ,,'airiM Crampt-it. 7 " ' -
At..... ... . I .4.. 1 '
mou, ii is aoiajti, nnunr win . -
Case, tli!e to Oamlll-h a Im:t tul
ing, a rwldea.'e, two efllca be .KUf r
and numerous vhout lots in Cr ppi
I'ark and tiuffy, Co. Ifaldem (ir
ferrltif to him all his a! )k i t vs:kv
niiuiug ulerprlsM. Candllsh suyt
Case left his ottlc to return a an tunu
with $','00 ss advance payment on Omid
llsh'i traveling xpeutot, aui baa uot
returned to tills day,
The Chicago man inttd in
Case's mining properties teU' Caur4h
West, however, and ha rxaliucd , .!
properties at Cripple rark land U !, y
and wat later made presldi ,i oi '
Huh Hill Mining Company and oi tiu
Flues Mluing (Uiinpany and oom iud
for tht Union Miulog Company, iV
has been president of the three
pa n I vs.
Case told Candllsh b wai Innocent
of Cramptons' death and that the
charge was an effort of enemies
and
rvu-
busiuess rivals to ruin him. A c!
lar issued by Sheriff George A, Stt'ir,
of i'rovo City, Utah, charges that
Wright murdered three boys in l uh
county, In February , 1808, and sank
their bodies beneath tbe ice of rtah
Lake, tht alleged reason fur the crime
being that the boy claimed to i.no
knowledge of Wright's guilt as a rttio
thief. This explanation was, it fa al
leged, given to the Utah state board of
pardons in tue hearing for a panluul last
April for th stepfather of the tJirue
boys who bad beeu oouvicU-d of ttmir
murder aud sentenced to be baisged,
tbe wltuessns before the jwrdon hpard
llng Hi divorced wife of the mldsltig
Wright, wkise property and official po
sitions have so strangely fallen to At
torney Candllsh, half way across! the
coutinent In Chicago,
JAPANESE COOLIES.
Ham (ia.crntHotit fnl a Slo
" H hu.-sal Kmlirnllun.
WsVliugton, April So. Informal
ha last ed WaehlngttU tn the elfect
that lite JapnntnVs g "STimeut Utv.f.
id wtKut waiting , e from lbs
'!lfl 's ' V
.-ttstrici ' , . 1...ra:icu
Cyrvltet U Hi 1'ultod .tat.' It is -i
SOHed 4UlUW 4aW iiUStit to thl
Immigrsttuo hare beeu magnified aud
that, as a matter of fact, theie are' now
not more than about 15,000 or 18, (MO
Japanese within the limits of the Uni
ted Stales, outside of Hawaii. Ii ia
said that such emigration si has 1st ly
occurred has resulted entirely from he
competition of the two great Japan 's
immigration societies; tbst tbe labir-
ers have been practically brought brre
under the delusion that there were ju
told opportunities for work at grtat
wages. The Japunese government i i
interested in protecting its people fnjtn
hardships resulting from such Imposi
tions, and that is tht reason it iuteials
to establish rostrfctioni upon the out
ward flow, I
IUn Into an Opaa Swlloh. I
Salt Lake, Uub, April 85. li j
Orande Western No. 1 ran into an 0n
aw itch at the Portland Cement Worts,
in the city limits this afternoon, tilt
ing op the engine, tender aud several
cars. William KonoM, the engineer,
attempted to save himself by jumping,
but full under the train and was in
stantly killed. None of the passenger
were injured,
Opposition to "Open Iloor1
(Jrowlns.
Paris, April 95. A special dispatch
from Peking says: '
''l?hlnmiA otifviiir.lrn til tha 'ntwio
oor' policy is growing and eudaiwer-
- "it - -i t
ing foreign capital aud the liv
ves of forr""
eiuuers. Russia la most feared. -and I
America Is least disliked, because l.m
aggressive.1
Vutod to llosam Work,
Chicago, April 20. The Tribune
says: Against the explicit orders of the
Building Trades Council, sll of tho
brns-r.'l,t,, ,vVa struck at th W.wt.
em Klectric Company's plant six weeks
ago have voteJ to return to work. 0 S
brass -molders number only 00, I . t
fret State YolktrMd,
Cape Town, April 23. At a
Ing
m . . " f ,ue
,at Kroonstad, today, President .
Htate
Kteyn denounced Lord Roberts' procla
mation as "treachery," and declared
that as Groat Britain's object "was
their destruction, their last hope whs
to appeal to the civilized powers to in
tervene. "
Constantinople, April 25. Nsws '.
been reooived from Deyrout, HyrU, to
the effect that the Turkish ,toVt !o
boat Suhaayl blew up in that burl or
April 21, resulting in the loss of ii
lives.
Croton Landing, N. Y., April 24
This was an exceedingly quiet dny.
Memboia of the Arm of Coloman, Br- a
hardt & Colomun were here today loot
ing over the ground. They said they
consider the Btriko at an end, Tl y
anticipate no further trouble,
Klllod Wlf and Hhnsair.
Brownsville, Neb., April 25.
Charles Smith shot and killed his vi(4
this evening at their home and then
killed himself. He was insane. Smith
and his wife quarreled, and their -lit tin
boy, fearing erlou! trouble, summoned
the woman's futher, Mayor Shantx.
Before Shanta arrived, Mrs. Smith was
dead. Smith looked himself in the
house and threatened Shnntz when the
latter demanded admission, When
Shanta finally foroed an entrance,
Smith wai found dead, with a bullet
hole in his temple and another in hit
abdomen,
D;v GAKCE OPPOSED
tie ri Mc Wined to Prevent
, RJief) Wepener.
' IT" "
'Vlt-CAHlifMEN IN A FIQHT
i A.Hr 'sJa Rlslaaee, Wr-
tlin 'rmmi Talr fusltlna al
;'nwU,u, AjfJ j The strong body
,l l'rw . i4 J wbih Lord Rolwrta
il U i tihi reHef of Wepener
. ,,. . . . .
' ;
ft-, oi fi tr ut.rtl a (? fur"
dsrrv ta" u " Rnera
V.-f )' !'r'
ktid (!;, r'i been
a '(1irii t
' -
ii rniiia, remit', rhtt-
- b- s) dltfivnltles of it'i and
ri,'
Dm riodi-s amsNir to nave iraut,
a", "'om 'hdes big onei, wlesra Uir
ehei.i.
ar dlsnateh. dated TlialmUehO,
10. mvs that a fresh supply ol
rf ' i and ammunition has reached
l j','.! JVvMat JaiiimersU-rg Drift.
ast Is that oue of Colonel Dal
f' mun has beeu smashed.
'"'liehmteln, mentioned in Lord
S'' nofxaue to the war ollloe, is
"i - i ii tliesst of llloemfuutoln
' .; i, is two miles further aouth.
. , the Itrltlsh captured Taenia
. feontlay night. The lUx-ra evacu-
?sl the ' the ltritlali oocu-
lie kop the next morning.
COOOS IN THE SOUTH.
HI
Uawnpaur of ttala and N R'
t' n.r ia aiitti.
Iiobvlllfl,, Ky., April 28. The rains
eo.ij.me throughout the flood districts
oi ti h iu!i, aud danger to Uvea and
prcim i' UiHiining more grave. It
wf 'ioui:hl Saturday the crisis was
l ata , but lu many localities the rain
is fi'ag aaln with Increased violent-
Late report to the weather
bur 0 show that heavy precipitation
hat. wcu general within the last 1 2
hou thr-nighout the Hooded country,
ltvl estimated last Saturday that
ll. 'ti.W worth of private property
bad Ir-sdy been destroyed, aud it la
ao HongM probable this damage will
b ftliy increasiHl. Mail and tele
p it .. rommuulcatlon haa been de
t -"sJ oetAv.en the smaller towns in
Vj.-1ippi and Alabama, south of
J
1 S'OI.
the
northern limit of the
farm houses have been
l.f.
Many
jjI tw ay, their ocoupsnts luirely
with their lives and the
Uo-1 of a family of seven negroes
U f 'ed );ni J.. kwn, .Visa.
'' n isilivada Into NcwOUeans
h 9 act been abandoned entire-
p
Ne-
oiilv In
the daylight,
..'J.- :'
.i lufatiie NttShvllie
,!,' tin Tthtcb tra hU
' "V itf..!; l:vt MVflllltJ. i I'fl Cut
la l lf tt destruction of a fuur-.in
l4lJ,t ver tba West l'asoagoula river,
mat Kuton, Arraugenieata have
been .iRde to ferry passenger across
the fWak Thousands of people in the
smU water-bound towns of Missis
stpl are reported on the brink of sUr
vat n. ,i
. , Walland Canal Wrerhers.
V shiiigton, April 95. The result of
the I qulry, so far as it has gone into
th ttempt to wreck the Wellaud
Gas ; locks by the use of dynamite,
tvat vhl before the slate department
tod . In - special telegraphio report
nr : Juit d States Consular Agent
Rnt i at Clifton, a town opposite Ni
agat i' Falls, ou the Canadian side of
thfl .onuiUir.".' Tho report completely
exov ates toe Buffalo gralu haudlers
from alt connection with the crime,
and on,-! Intimates that the attempt
was U working out of a rognlarly or
gatiltc conspiracy among certain per
son it h the United States aald to be
atli'.j k1 with the Irish secret assoola
tic ' 7 t'
Hi)int Ws Choked tllanth.
wYork, April ,25. "Dick," a
;ii,"tl0nglug to the Sells
A 'uiejiHtigb circus, wai strangled to
d.i.h in .Maillson Square Garden in an
a trnpt to lulxbie him. A tew weeks
Jtsrrnr aangerooa, ana neavy
, , . - ,
tov.
While preparation! were being
' . 'rv-T dug to move the ciorui
i iMuien. "Dick" began lo
' j-1
brnu th'
trijnps- FeariUif a stampede, huge.
rnM ;et passed i.rouud the giant'i
bod and tsuck, a d-jaen men pulling on
tin o, the Idea being to choke him into
su.nilssiou. Tho men were unable to
. n iv impvMrbm tipon him, aud
Mr rleili bad elephants attached to the
nfs Thf pid f with vsucli vigor
,'iVuu ro & noe-
iJOl'h, -I'tifWlo
' Kbi Ujunt Ku-
,.o7 tnthe4-' 01 Mini.
that after
yut'ior ima "v'-"f - - v.
i natlv"! 'BuV0 "er t P"ea by
t'ie . -ml the island.; The oount,
Nvlt . inembeM of the crew who
escii
two
.'erweut great privations for
iln ltabolt Killed.
exioo, April S5.General
C
Bra
had
the
ttie
' 5 i of Mexican troops has
, .r .',1 severe engagomeuts with
jii'a Indians in Yuoatan diking
iast 10 days, and the rebels have
su tf
red a heavy loss in killed an3
W0Med. ;.,
; ' ltod Mills Shut Down.
J(-llet, III., April 25. Operations
werr snspendod toddy at the three rod
i"1'', of tba Illindii Steel Compiin
la,tl(iioltyu:
. Ad v 1 c H from Australia,
Vtoriii, B, C April 85. Austra
"''Vadvlces chronb le the discovery of
,. plucer ground at Wedderburn,
Vio oria. John Bo'd, the first man to
sttt'li ground, unearthed , a 01 -ounce
uuf ! t at two feet e apth. ; y
i:isidcrablea.taiin is expressed in
A0Rialla leiit the- oubonio' plaguy be
sorer j j)y tho rabbHs, and a oommls
aipr' is boon appointed to investigate
the C'..,Ki.ltv 0( rabbit8, like rats,
-'!.. v.!e dread disease. A report
tb&i; i bltes had introduced the
pl'ig;;e ja Northern Victoria caused
Panlj in thai colony, V
COMPLICATED SITUATION.
Th Campaign la Iheast
rre
s)lt.
London, April 80. All Interet Is
centered in the ooinplloated situation
In the suntheast portion ol the Orange
Free Stale, from which developments
of the utmost iniiortance must issue in
the near future, (ieneisl Rundle, it
would seem, has found the Iloers con
fronting him at De Wet'i Dorp, in
stronger force than he osres to engage,
and so he Is marking time, pending the
arrival of support. While General
Rundle is preparing to strike De Wet's
Dorp, Generals llrnbaut and Hart are
pushing along the frontier of Basil to
la nd, where they will be able to frus
trate any attack on General Bundle'!
right, sud Generals French and Pole
Caiew ne bs.U iiiug from iiloemfonteia
to bar tbe tkvr hue of retreat north
Ward. lo the nanwbil, tbe burgher force!
occupying Thahaucha are in a position
M fiM deUyln action, giving ttw
Ibr foree at Da Wet1 Dorp and
Wepener time to retire ia ease of de
teal, and tt seems ss though General
French must dispose of this Thabanchu
force before he can reach the rear of the
Jloer forces opposing General Kundl
and lira bant, otherwise his flank will
be open to assault.
Tbe Boers driven out of Leeuw Kop
will probably rally at Thabmanchu,
where a s Iff fight may be expected.
Should the British fall iu this attempt
to bring about another I'aardeberg, il
must Immensely affect the laager is
sues of the war, as it will undoubtedly
lead to a persistent repetition of the
guerrilla tactics which have been large
ly responsible for the penning of Lord
Roberts at BloemfouUdn for so many
weeki.
During General Anderson's advance
on Leeuw Kop, the Canadians found
themselves In a tight comer Sunday,
near Donkerport. The Canadian
mounted infantry sent to reoouuolter
the Boer position approached within 800
yards of a farm flying the hospital flag,
under cover of which the Boers opened
such a hot fire on the Canadians that
they were unable to attempt to retire
until another force of Canadians cover
ed their retreat by threatening the rear
of the Boer position,
MANY REBELS KILLED.
Moody Work !uo la Aetl.My of Again-
nldo's llUbop
Wasblngton, April 20. General Otis
has cabled the following account of re
cent engagements In (he Philippines:
"Manila, April ill.. -Farly on thi
morning of the 7h, several hundred
Tagalos and Vissyaiis attacked a bat
talion of the Fortieth infantry at Cage
yen, ou the north coast of Mindanao,
Our casualties were two killed, 11
wounded; enemy's loss, 58 killed, 18
woun.led and iitrrpd1ffttirritr,twv4
slues other I'mmcs su tiered on retreat,
"Vouug rujxirti fioui Northwestern
Lutein that seven.l hundred natives, i:i-
jtwH by Aguinaldo's bishop, Agll
ttttael'ssi .! tm at several
pvutt, and in turn bad beta atUcked,
Tbeii los In the attaik oa I'atoe, the
l.'rh lnt.;s IM killed, and during
tne Hin &Aliti fwrni Ui I5ih to tho
I Jth, 833 killed
Our lost during thef
period was two killed aud four wound
ed. Young has plenty of troops, and
will have little further opposition. , '
"Affairs at Luaou points are improv
ing. Local residents and iuhabttanti
of towns are giving information aud
rendering assistance, and the troops
are now taking possession of Inner
small islands." .
lingua Sugar Trust Mlork.
Chicago, April 26. An extensive
forgery of sugar trust stock came to
light Unlay, when W. 8. Jacobs, prest
deut of the Chicago Loan & Trust Com1
pany, was arrested at the instance ol
N. Gilbcrtson, of 248 West Krle street,
ou a charge of being implicated in I
confidence game. The alleged perp'
trator of the forgery, Samuel Fuller, ii
also sought, but it had been learned
that be left Chicago soon after oom plot
ing the transaction complained of, about
a year ago.
Jacobs claims to have handled tin
bonds as a broker only, and says hi
was Imposed upon by Fuller, but Gil
bcrtson, who lost 93,700 on the bogut
securities, charges Jacobs with having
had knowledge of the character of the
alleged bonds It is knowu that stmt
lar bogus lamds were sold to a score oi
more of other investors.
Shot Wir and HUbbod tllmaolf.
Syracuse, N. Y April 95. Johr
Hughes, aged 60, shot aud killed bit
wife and wounded Elizabeth Lyons,
agoil IB years, as the women were leav
lug St. lucent tie raurs church at
noon today. He then went to the
house of a frieud a mile distant and at
tempted to commit suicide by stabbing
himself with a pair of shears. He and
Mrs. Hughes were married a year ago
end hud separated. The Lyons girl
wan ttruok in tho lej; by a struy bullet
while walking on the opposite side ol
tbe street. Her iniurles are not seri
ous. She is the daughter ofjohu II.
Lyons, u pmmimHtt box manufacturer.
...Latest sepwats-rom the soonei of thi
bush fires near tho Mluesota boundary
line show that there has been no Iobi
of life. Several lumbering and tit
camps were destroyed, but both men
aud horses escaped. The losses to
Winnipeg contractors in lumber and
wood destroyed will amount to about
$100,000.
Captain Homing I'lendod Guilty.
Snn Francisco, April 25. Tbe court
martial in the case of Cuptulu Poter C.
Deming, commissary of subsistence, U.
8. V came to a sudden end today by
Captain Doming pleading guilty to each
of the charges brought against him.
The court will send the findings to
Washington, and the authorities there
w'.ll fix the punishment.
Alt Hundred More Japanese.
Victoria, April 26. The Empresi ol
China has arrived in port with 600
Japanese ou board. She is held in
quarantine. One thousand and fifty
have beeu lauded from the Braemer,
144 of them bound for Portland, and
the remainder for Taooma, Yauoouver
and Seattle.
Supreme Court Mandate.
Washington, April 96. The supreme
court today issued its mandate in the
ottse of Captain O. M. Carter. The
writ is directed to the circuit oourt foi
the Southern New York district, and,
unless Oaptain Carter's counsel should
find some other means of delay, the re
sult will be his early departure for th
prison at Lieavenworth, Kan,
I
Defeated In the Senate by
One Vote.
CLOSING DAY OF THE DEBATE
The Vol on tba I'bandlsr Hs.nlutlon
That I.IIUd His C.., Stood S3
S-la th float.
Washington, April 26. Hon. Mat
(hew H. Wuay wai today refused a seat
lu the United Statet aenate on the ap
polntmeut of the governor of Pennayl
vania, uy a vote oi 8a to BZ. The eu
tire time of tbe senate today was devoted
to debate upon the question, many
of tbe greatest lawyers and orators of
the body dellverina; sMeebes. As the
day's session wort on and the boar for
the final vote approached, the galleries
oiled nam tbey were thronged with
multitudes, while other multitude
were unable to gain admission. On
the floor of the senate wss every mem
ber of tbe body now in the city ami
score! of the members of tbe house ol
representative. The great throng
listened with deep attention to tbt
brilliant argument of Spoouer in favoi
of the seating of the former Pennayl
vania senator, aud to the dramatic and
fiery eloquence of Daniel (Detu. Va. J
who appealed to his colleagues to dc
what, on his oath as a senator, he
deemed right, aud vote to do justice
to him who was knocking at the seuatt
doors.
As the big clock opposite the presi
dent pro tent, indicsted 4 o'clock
there wss a hush in the chamber,
Frye, In the chair, announced that tb
hour for the final vote bad arrived, and
that the question was the pending
motion oi onandler to strike out of the
resolution declaring Quay not to be en
titled to a sent the word "not." - Sen
a tors throughout the chamber eagerly
loiioweti the roll call, lor ill knew tb
vote would be close. The first sensa
lion was caused by the failure of Pet
tigrew (Detn. H. D.) to answer to hit
name, although be was in his seat
When best's name wss called, he
voted "No" in a clear voice, thus dash
ing the last hope oi the friends of Quay,
who had expected confidently that' the
distinguished Miaaourlan would vote
(or bis long-time personal friend. In
perfect silence It was announced thai
the senate had denied to Quay the seal
which be Has sought for some monthi
past.
Washington, April 26. The housi
today, Hill (Rep. Conn.) objecting.
adopted the Foraker emergency resoln-
tt.4weuutMa4h-resent ollloers in
Porto Rico in office vntil the appoint
ments tie ii sde nnder the civil govern
ii, cut ad, as amended by the commit-t'-H-s
on luselsr affairs. The amend-
lofisn tepure tl... all franchises shall
ie approved Vy ;h president liefer
they become opt t Uv and place cer
tain restrictions tipon chartered oorpor
iuus, sm h at the i -suing o stocks oi
houds. ascent for cash, ajnet inhibiting
real estate incorporations, except men
as ii necessary to carry out the purposes
for which they are created. About 20
Pyes of the postolfice appropriation
bill wre disposed of, the only substan
tial amendment adopted being one tc
give extra compensation to letter-carriers
who work U xcess of 48 houri a
week.
GERMAN
NEUTreMdTY.
Hoaght With Rnllwnjr Coneeatlowt In
Turkey.
New York, April 26. Rev. George
Washburn, president of Roberts col
lege, Constantinople, speaking at a
dinner of the Brooklyn Congregational
Club last night, said: ,
"Tbe political transitions which
have takeu place in Turkey in the last
few weeks are the most imiortant that
have oocurred in years in the empire.
You have probably road of some Ger
man railroad oouoessious obtained by
the Russian government. Well, there
ia a story back of these concessions
When tbe war broke out in South
Africa, the kaiser weut to England and
there was one thing he carried away
home with him in reward for keeping
his hand out of the affair in Africa
It was a concession for all the railways
in the western part of Turkey for the
Get mans. These concessions gave the
Germans the right to construct all the
railways in Asia Minor west of a line
iu Constantinople to the Persian gulf.
' It now appears that, as Germany
mad) a compact with England, so
Rusria has made a bargain with Ger
many. As Germauy is to construct all
the roads in tbe western part , of the
empire, so is Russia to construct, all
the roads iu the eastern part. These
two powers, with the consent of Eng
land, are dividing Turkey into spheres
of influence, iu the belief that when
tbe final partition comes the sphere
whioh is under Kutsien control ' Will
bnoome Russian.
"By mobilising troops upon his bor-1
ders the two powers have compelled
the aultau to agree to this. The line j
between the two spheres of influence'
runs from a little town on the Black
sea to the Persian gulf. This is the ar
rangement the sultan has been com
pelled to accept, and the arrangement
that has meant so much politically to
Turkey iu the last few weeks."
Jar Factory Burned.
Fairmonut, Ind., April 20. The
ware sheds of the Wilson & MoCul
lough jar factory were destroyed by fire
today. The loss is $150,000; insur
ance, $70,000.
Two Sawmills Hurned.
Marinette. Wis., April 26.-Fire at
Atkinson, Mich., destroyed two saw
mills of the Metropolitan Lumber Com
pany. The loss ia between $80,000
and$100,000:
Denied tending to Twenty-One.
San Francisco, April 26. Immigra
tion Commissioner North today denied
landing to 21 of the Japanese who ar
rived here on the steamer Nippon
Maru two weeks ago, on the ground
that they are contract laborers.
Mexican Town Burned.
St. Louis, April 26. A speoial to
the Globe-Democrat from San Antonio,
Tex., sayi. Panuoa, Mex., one of the
most important trading towns on the
east ooast of Mexico, haa been entirely
destroyed by tire. Tbe loss will aggra.
Vte $2,925,0Q0.
B f
IRON AND STEEL LOWER.
fatal SJarfc Dlttarb Smaltr f lb
Trndo Situation.
Brsditreet'i says: More rather than
lest irregularity- In the trade and price
situation Is to be noted this week, part
ly in thi result of weather conditions,
but psrtly in the case of the iron and
steel trade because of the continuance
of those efforts In the friction of lower
prices which have been such a feature
of the iron aud steel trade of late.
That tin bails conditions of trade re
main on the whole more favorable is,
however, evidenced by a number of
features. Railroad earnings continue
heavy, and the decrease noted in bank'
clearings Is chargeable largely to relig
ion! and other holiday observances, and
to restricted stock speculation.
It bsi been a weather market for the
cereali md most agricultural products,
these advanoing early thii week, but
weakening toward the close.
Wool ia weak, but there ii rather
more inquiry, and now, ai one year
ago, relatively highest prices role at
points of production.
Backward weather condition! have
affected the lumber trade demand but
in this as in a number of other lines,
the advanced prices demanded are cred
ited with checking business.
The pressure of heavy supplies is re
sponsible for the slight weakening
iIwwb la the price of rsw sugar this
week, while the refined market re
mains unchanged.
Wheat, including flour, shipments
for the week aggregated 8,898,945 bush
eles, against 2,896,653 bushels lust
week.
Business failures in the United
States fur the week number 161 against
152 last week.
Failures in Canada ' for the week
number 19, as copmared with 85 last
week.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Seattle Market.
Onions, f 5 per sack.
Lettuce, hothouse, 4045c doz.
Potatoes, $18(9 17i f 17(318.
Beets, per sack, 75(3 85c.
Turnips, per sack, 40 60o.
Carrots, per sack, 50 8 75c.
Parsnips, per sack, 60 75c.
Cauliflower, California 85 90o.
Cabbage, native and California.
$1.00(31.25 per 100 pounds.
Apples, I2.003.75; $3.008.5.
Prunes, 60o per box.
Butter Creamery, 22c: Eastern 22c;
dairy, 1722e; ranch, 1517o pound.
fcggs 15 16o.
Cheese 14 15o.
Poultry 14c; dressed, 14 15c:
spring, $5.
Hay Puget Sound timothy, $11.00
(312.00; ohoice Enstern Washington
timothy, $18.00 19.00
Corn Whole, $93.00; cracked, $23;
feed meal, $23.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton.
$20. "
Flour Pat-iut, per barrel, U.iO;
blended stiiii litf , fS.0.1; '.'Ui'.'ornia,
$3;36: bucK'vhe fowr. 414. ,
hafli, per l.r6i, 3.00; wR-Ao""vujit
flour, $3.00; rye flonr, $3.801 4.C0.
Millstuffs Bran, pur ion, $18 00;
shorts, pwtoivlaAJhV-. . 1
T Feei-ClWNJ:f-V.' MMu,
mlddftpCpetUiH, jUO; oil fake meal,
per ton, $30.00 t V ':
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef
steers, price 80; cows, 7c; mutton 8c;
pork, 8c; trimmed, 9c; veal, 8s
10c.
Hams Large, 13c; small, 131;
breakfast bacon, 12c; dry salt sides,
8c.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla. 64 55c;
Valley, 64o; Bluest in, 67o per bushel.
Flour Best grades, f 3.00; graham,
$3.60; lupernne, $2.10 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 85 36c; choice
gray, 84o per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $14 14.60;
brewing, $17.0017.60 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $13 per ton; mid
dlings, $19; shorts, $16; chop, $14 per
ton.
llay Timothy, $9 10; clover, $7
t.60; Oregon wild hay, $6 7 per ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 4045o;
seconds, 45c; dairy, 8037?o;
store, 2532'o.
Kggs 1 2o per dozen.
Cheese Oregon full cream, 13o;
Young America, 14c;" new cheese lOo
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50
4.60 per dozen; hens, $5.00; springs,
$2.503.50; geese, $6.508.00 forold;
$4.506.50; ducks, $5.506.00 per
doaen; turkeys, live, 10llo per
pound.
Potatoes 30 6O0 per sack; sweets, -l940
per pound.
Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 75c;
per sack; garlic, 7c per pound; cab
bage, lo per pound; parsnips, 75;
onions, $2.603.00; carrots, 60o.
Hops 88o per pound
Wool Valley, 1618o per ponnt?,--Eastern
Oregon, 10 15c; mohair, 27
80o per pound. '
Mutton Gross, best rdieep, wethers
avoJ ewas, i!4o dxae4. mottnn, 1 -7
Ko per pound; lambs, $2.50 each.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00;
light and feeders, $4 50; dressed,
$5.OO6.50 per 100 i""rirln-
Beef Gross, top steers, $4.004.60;
cows, $3.5094.00; dressed beef, 6
7?40 per pound.
Veal Large, 6K7rj small, 8
88'o per pound.
Tallow 55Mc; No. 8 and grease,
8K4o per pound.
. Ben Frenoieoo Market.
Wool Springs Nevada, 1315oper
pound; Eastern Oregon, 1216o; Val
ley, 3032o; Northern, 1012o.
Hops 1899 crop, 11 Ho per
pound.
Butter Fancy creamery 17c; .
do seconds, 1616ic; fancy dairy,
16o; do seconds, 1315o per pound.
Eggs Store, 14o; fancy ranch,
leXo.
Millstuffs Middlings, $17.00
90.00; bran, $19.50 13.50.
Hay Wheat $8.60 9. 50; wheat and
oat $6.00(99.06; best barley $5.00
7.00; alfalfa, $5. 00 6. 50 per ton;
straw, 98 40o per bale.
Potatoes Early Rose, 60 75c; Ore
gon Burbauki, 60o$1.00; river Bur
banks, 4070o; Salinas Burbanks,
80c 1.10 per sack.
Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valenoia,
$3.738.25; Mexican limes, $4.00
6.00; California lemons 75c$1.50;
do choice $1.75 9. 00 per box.
Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.50
1.60 per bunch; pineapples, nom
inal; Persia dates, 63do pet
pound,'
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